Statutory Inspections.
The inspection routines a facilities team is legally expected to run, and how to evidence them.
Martyn's Law: working out which of your buildings is in scope
The duty attaches to premises, and the threshold is a headcount including staff. On a mixed estate that is a question nobody currently has an answer to — and the answer decides whether a building needs procedures or a documented, submitted assessment.
24 October 2026 · 7 min readMEES for commercial buildings: the duty stopped waiting for a tenancy event
Since April 2023 the minimum EPC E requirement applies to all privately rented non-domestic property, not just to new and renewed tenancies. That turned an occasional letting question into a continuous estate obligation with a register behind it.
11 October 2026 · 6 min readThe duty to manage asbestos: what it means on a live estate
Most buildings built before 2000 contain asbestos somewhere, and the duty to manage it falls on whoever maintains the fabric. The failures are rarely about removal — they are about a register nobody consulted before drilling.
13 April 2026 · 3 min readWhat happens when a statutory inspection finds a defect
A defect noted on an inspection report and a defect actually fixed are two very different things. The gap between them is where most compliance risk really lives.
30 March 2026 · 3 min readEvidencing compliance: what an auditor actually wants to see
Being compliant and being able to prove it quickly aren't the same skill. Most facilities teams are better at the first than the second.
16 March 2026 · 3 min readPressure systems and the written scheme of examination (PSSR)
Pressure systems are one of the less-discussed statutory categories, but the written scheme requirement makes them one of the more procedurally demanding ones to get right.
2 March 2026 · 3 min readLOLER thorough examination: what it covers and how often
Lifting equipment sits under its own regulation with its own examination regime, and it's easy for it to slip through the gaps of a more general maintenance schedule.
16 February 2026 · 3 min readElectrical testing intervals: what actually determines them
There's no single universal number of years between electrical tests. The right interval depends on the installation, its use, and what the last inspection actually found.
2 February 2026 · 4 min readLegionella and water hygiene: understanding the risk assessment cycle
A legionella risk assessment isn't a document you file once. It's the start of an ongoing monitoring cycle that most facilities teams underestimate the size of.
19 January 2026 · 4 min readThe statutory inspections a facilities team actually needs to run
Statutory inspections don't live in one place — they're scattered across separate regulations, each with its own interval and its own idea of what counts as evidence.